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Spineless - YES... Helpless - NO!

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students distinguish between invertebrate and vertebrate organisms while examining the zoological classes of a number of invertebrates. They illustrate a food web of these organisms and investigate the impact of humans on the oceanic...
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Oceanography: Ocean Market

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Sstudents identify consumer goods obtained from the oceans. They classify the items and calculate the cost of buying these goods. After taking a simulated sea shopping spree, they tally the cost of the items purchased. They conclude the...
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What is an Insect?

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners examine insects and identify physical characteristics of insects. They perform observations of insects, then use a worksheet imbedded in this plan to answer questions about them.
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Leaf - It's What's for Dinner

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners discover correlations in food preferences of invertebrates, and assess stream health through use of kicknets, invertebrate keys, CBL systems and probes.
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Research Project

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars learn the characteristics of arachnids by researching the arachnid of their choice and producing a 4 to 5 paragraph research paper.
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More Bait for Your Buck!

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students determine where to buy the heaviest earthworms as they study invertebrates. They create a double bar graph of the results of the weight data.
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Invertebrate Dribbling

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice proper dribbling skills and work on identifying invertebrates as one of four major types.
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What Animal Am I?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students brainstorm different characteristics of invertebrates and investigate invertebrates by conducting Internet research.
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Vertebrates And Invertebrates

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this science lesson, students classify pictures into categories of vertebrates or invertebrates. After a class discussion, students divide into groups, and are given plastic baggies that contain photographs of each. The groups must...
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Sponges - A Coloring Worksheet

For Students 5th - 7th
In this sponges worksheet, students read the information about sponges. Students answer the provided questions about the reading passage. Students color the illustration at the bottom of the page.
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Freshwater Invertebrates and What They Eat

For Students 6th - 8th
In this freshwater invertebrates worksheet, students collect freshwater invertebrates and record their names, number of legs, and method of feeding. Students fill this information in on the chart. There is room to record information on...
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Sorting Invertebrates

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this invertebrates worksheet, student sort invertebrates by their number of legs. They then identify them and record them in the boxes provided. It is unclear whether students are to collect these invertebrates or get them from a book.
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Sorting Invertebrates with Keys

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this invertebrates worksheet, students use the 6 words in the word bank to complete the invertebrate key. They then make their own key by sorting their own invertebrates. It is unclear where students get their invertebrates, but they...
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How Are Animals Classified?

For Students 7th - 12th
In this animal classification worksheet, students describe the animal kingdom including invertebrates, vertebrates, birds, and mammals. This worksheet is a graphic organizer.
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Name Scramble: Invertebrates

For Teachers 6th - 7th
For this language arts and science worksheet, students analyze 10 pictures of invertebrates with scrambled names. Students decipher the names and write them correctly under each picture.
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Who Lives In The Water

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the environment of a stream or lake to collect and observe macroinvertebrates in their natural environment. They record data and summarize the information obtained. Students look to see if there has been any human...
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Missing Macroinvertebrates

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the concept of a macroinvertebrate. They observe the presence of increases or decreases in population in order to test for factors that contribute to the extinction of a species. Students predict the likelihood of...
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Show Some Backbone and Teach Invertebrates

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders identify two similarities and two differences between two phyla, assign fictitious invertebrate to its phylum and explain why it belongs in that grouping, and construct member of given phylum and explain why it should be...